“They numbered three hundred thousand.
He was ill at the time, yet he prayed, ‘O Allah, restore my health so that I may march out against them; then, if You will, take my soul afterward.’ He recovered, mustered his forces, advanced, struck them with a night attack, killed nearly two hundred thousand, and captured one hundred thousand. It was a famed engagement in the year 408 AH, after which he returned to Balāsāghūn laden with spoils beyond counting, whereupon Allah took him shortly after his arrival (1).
He was a devout, just, valiant, and courageous ruler.
After him the kingdom passed to his brother Arslan Khān (2); this date is recorded by the historian of Ḥamāh, al-Muʾayyad (3).
- al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allah ʿAlī ibn Ḥammūd ibn Maymūn (previously mentioned (4))
He was the sovereign of al-Andalus, titled al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allah. His full name is Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥammūd ibn Maymūn ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar ibn Idrīs ibn Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Ḥasan, son of the noble al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, an ʿAlid, Ḥasanid, and finally Idrisid.
He was among the commanders of al-Mustaʿīn al-Marwānī (5). When al-Mustaʿīn became tyrannical and mistreated the populace, this ʿAlī fought him, killed him, seized power, and consolidated his rule. The mawālī who had once supported him then turned against him and inclined toward ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Nāṣir